The Message

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            <div class="label">4</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Adam slept with Eve his wife. She conceived and had Cain. She said, &#8220;I&#8217;ve gotten a man, with </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s help!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then she had another baby, Abel. Abel was a herdsman and Cain a farmer.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="GEN.4.3+GEN.4.4+GEN.4.5"><span class="label">3-5</span><span class="content">Time passed. Cain brought an offering to </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> from the produce of his farm. Abel also brought an offering, but from the firstborn animals of his herd, choice cuts of meat. </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> liked Abel and his offering, but Cain and his offering didn&#8217;t get his approval. Cain lost his temper and went into a sulk.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3 v4 v5" data-usfm="GEN.4.3+GEN.4.4+GEN.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6 v7" data-usfm="GEN.4.6+GEN.4.7"><span class="label">6-7</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> spoke to Cain: &#8220;Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won&#8217;t you be accepted? And if you don&#8217;t do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it&#8217;s out to get you, you&#8217;ve got to master it.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6 v7" data-usfm="GEN.4.6+GEN.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Cain had words with his brother. They were out in the field; Cain came at Abel his brother and killed him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> said to Cain, &#8220;Where is Abel your brother?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.4.9"><span class="content">He said, &#8220;How should I know? Am I his babysitter?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="GEN.4.10+GEN.4.11+GEN.4.12"><span class="label">10-12</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;What have you done! The voice of your brother&#8217;s blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you&#8217;ll get nothing but curses from this ground; you&#8217;ll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You&#8217;ll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You&#8217;ll be a homeless wanderer on Earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10 v11 v12" data-usfm="GEN.4.10+GEN.4.11+GEN.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13 v14" data-usfm="GEN.4.13+GEN.4.14"><span class="label">13-14</span><span class="content">Cain said to </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;My punishment is too much. I can&#8217;t take it! You&#8217;ve thrown me off the land and I can never again face you. I&#8217;m a homeless wanderer on Earth and whoever finds me will kill me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13 v14" data-usfm="GEN.4.13+GEN.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> told him, &#8220;No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over.&#8221; </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Cain left the presence of </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content"> and lived in No-Man&#8217;s-Land, east of Eden.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17 v18" data-usfm="GEN.4.17+GEN.4.18"><span class="label">17-18</span><span class="content">Cain slept with his wife. She conceived and had Enoch. He then built a city and named it after his son, Enoch.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17 v18" data-usfm="GEN.4.17+GEN.4.18"><span class="content">Enoch had Irad,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17 v18" data-usfm="GEN.4.17+GEN.4.18"><span class="content">Irad had Mehujael,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17 v18" data-usfm="GEN.4.17+GEN.4.18"><span class="content">Mehujael had Methushael,</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17 v18" data-usfm="GEN.4.17+GEN.4.18"><span class="content">Methushael had Lamech.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17 v18" data-usfm="GEN.4.17+GEN.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="GEN.4.19+GEN.4.20+GEN.4.21+GEN.4.22"><span class="label">19-22</span><span class="content">Lamech married two wives, Adah and Zillah. Adah gave birth to Jabal, the ancestor of all who live in tents and herd cattle. His brother&#8217;s name was Jubal, the ancestor of all who play the lyre and flute. Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who worked at the forge making bronze and iron tools. Tubal-Cain&#8217;s sister was Naamah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19 v20 v21 v22" data-usfm="GEN.4.19+GEN.4.20+GEN.4.21+GEN.4.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23 v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.23+GEN.4.24"><span class="label">23-24</span><span class="content">Lamech said to his wives,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23 v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.23+GEN.4.24"><span class="content">Adah and Zillah, listen to me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23 v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.23+GEN.4.24"><span class="content">you wives of Lamech, hear me out:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23 v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.23+GEN.4.24"><span class="content">I killed a man for wounding me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23 v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.23+GEN.4.24"><span class="content">a young man who attacked me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23 v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.23+GEN.4.24"><span class="content">If Cain is avenged seven times,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23 v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.23+GEN.4.24"><span class="content">for Lamech it&#8217;s seventy-seven!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23 v24" data-usfm="GEN.4.23+GEN.4.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25 v26" data-usfm="GEN.4.25+GEN.4.26"><span class="label">25-26</span><span class="content">Adam slept with his wife again. She had a son whom she named Seth. She said, &#8220;God has given me another child in place of Abel whom Cain killed.&#8221; And then Seth had a son whom he named Enosh.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25 v26" data-usfm="GEN.4.25+GEN.4.26"><span class="content">That&#8217;s when men and women began praying and worshiping in the name of </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">God</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div>
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Adam slept with Eve his wife. She conceived and had Cain. She said, “I’ve gotten a man, with GOD’s help!”
Then she had another baby, Abel. Abel was a herdsman and Cain a farmer.
Time passed. Cain brought an offering to GOD from the produce of his farm. Abel also brought an offering, but from the firstborn animals of his herd, choice cuts of meat. GOD liked Abel and his offering, but Cain and his offering didn’t get his approval. Cain lost his temper and went into a sulk.
GOD spoke to Cain: “Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won’t you be accepted? And if you don’t do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it’s out to get you, you’ve got to master it.”
Cain had words with his brother. They were out in the field; Cain came at Abel his brother and killed him.
GOD said to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?”
He said, “How should I know? Am I his babysitter?”
GOD said, “What have you done! The voice of your brother’s blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you’ll get nothing but curses from this ground; you’ll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You’ll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You’ll be a homeless wanderer on Earth.”
Cain said to GOD, “My punishment is too much. I can’t take it! You’ve thrown me off the land and I can never again face you. I’m a homeless wanderer on Earth and whoever finds me will kill me.”
GOD told him, “No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over.” GOD put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.
Cain left the presence of GOD and lived in No-Man’s-Land, east of Eden.
Cain slept with his wife. She conceived and had Enoch. He then built a city and named it after his son, Enoch.
Enoch had Irad,
Irad had Mehujael,
Mehujael had Methushael,
Methushael had Lamech.

Lamech married two wives, Adah and Zillah. Adah gave birth to Jabal, the ancestor of all who live in tents and herd cattle. His brother’s name was Jubal, the ancestor of all who play the lyre and flute. Zillah gave birth to Tubal-Cain, who worked at the forge making bronze and iron tools. Tubal-Cain’s sister was Naamah.

Lamech said to his wives,
Adah and Zillah, listen to me;
you wives of Lamech, hear me out:
I killed a man for wounding me,
a young man who attacked me.
If Cain is avenged seven times,
for Lamech it’s seventy-seven!

Adam slept with his wife again. She had a son whom she named Seth. She said, “God has given me another child in place of Abel whom Cain killed.” And then Seth had a son whom he named Enosh.
That’s when men and women began praying and worshiping in the name of GOD.

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